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reads across

reads across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read across.

Meaning of read across

Verb

read across (third-person singular simple present reads across, present participle reading across, simple past and past participle read across)

  1. (transitive) To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.
    • You're reading across from one case to another in a different legal context entirely.

Questions about reads across

What is reads across the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reads across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of read across.

Words near reads across in the dictionary

  1. readornment
  2. readorns
  3. readout
  4. readouts
  5. reads
  6. reads across
  7. reads along
  8. reads between the lines
  9. reads for
  10. reads for press
  11. reads in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reads across (page history and authors); read across (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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